Healing potions are BAD!

[Fuzzy]

Dont use them in RPGs!

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2003/02/healing_potion.html

[jimmynewguy]

lol wow, you hate repeated things don't you

[Fuzzy]

I'm still re-pete to troodon.

I only hate if().

Healing potions are like if() in that they are a solution that developers use to avoid thinking things through. The programmer should think so that the program does not have to. So many times if() is just thrown into programs when they dont need to be. Likewise, healing potions are a solution to a problem that is ignored in the design phase.

Ever read the black and white Conan comics? There are no shops selling healing potions! There are no healing potions! Now go play Age of Conan.. you cannot thrive without them. You cannot walk into town without tripping over a magic shop. Thats dumb and it ruins the well crafted environment just because someone wasnt clever enough to find a less obtrusive way to heal.

[jimmynewguy]

food and drink is good, so is sleeping, maybe a day-spa jk

[Game A Gogo]

I liked how the game Oni (Not an RPG but it's kinda anime style stuff! D<) used "Hypospray" instead of Magic muschro-I mean potion. And the healing process would be slow and easily countered by the enemy. best healing thing I've seen so far

[Fuzzy]

See? thats better. A slow heal.

[Game A Gogo]

that game in whole was really original
if you healed yourself too much, you would experience over powering effects, you'd had shiny fist and feet then when you killed some guy, you can say "You got beat by a girl!"
what I really liked about it though, is you had to plan some sort of strategy, wait in a corner or something so an enemy doesn't come and blast your face with a screaming cannon then you just start running for your life realizing you wasted your hypospray... and more... thank god those screaming cannon aren't that popular!

[jimmynewguy]

= red juice

[Game A Gogo]

red...juice...? Sounds reasonable xD
Red juice heals 10%
Green juice heals 25%
Yellow juice heals 50%
Purple juice heals 100%... hmmm

[Bee-Ant]

Then how can you fully heal when you sorrounded by many enemies and your health really really low....???
Doesnt slow-heal just make the player impatient and hate the game because it's so hard to survive???

[Game A Gogo]

that's just when you go beserk and start rampaging over their butt, or you run hopping they don't shoot you! If they only have melee, it's fun having them chase you around while you heal

[Bee-Ant]

you sorrounded by many enemies

And there's no way you can run...

Or when you MUST defeat maybe 10 strong enemies in a row...

[Game A Gogo]

you don't know the gameplay of it do you? Do a running trow, run at them, press punch, see them fly in the air and run away!

[Bee-Ant]

Ekkk...Ahhhh...
Whatever then...

[Game A Gogo]

it's a Front Person Shooter game